body image

Noun

body image (countable and uncountable, plural body images)

1. The subjective inner picture of one's outward physical appearance.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body image.
   • 2025 January 25, Gözde Cöbek, Özen Baş, Aylin Sunam Audry, İrem İnceoğlu, Yiğit Bahadır Kaya & Aslı Özenç, “Putting Your Best Self or No Self at All? An Analysis of Young Adult’s Dating App Profiles in Turkey”, in Sexuality & Culture, →DOI:

     we found that women are more likely to share facial images while men prefer body images and that women are more likely to share their Instagram accounts than men.